Rosters will be created via a draft which will happen the week before the event begins.

Draft will be Friday, December 15th @ 9:00pm before the preliminaries start Sunday at 8:30 PM EST.

There will be 10 teams in all, playing in the tournament. Owners will be selected the Monday before the draft @ 8pm est and will use the club system and the API system for games with OCR as the backup.

Main rosters can have up to 9 Forwards, 6 Defense and 2 Goalies. Position lock will be as followed:

Forwards can play any forward position, defense can play either defense position and goalie can play STRICTLY goalie. ECUs have no position lock but are only permitted to play 2 games a week.

There are no waivers, trades, buy outs, etc. No salary cap, and contracts.

Management is the following: 1 Owner and 1 Team Captain(GM) (Please inform us who your GM is prior to the draft.

Scheduling Restrictions and Process for prelims.

Game times will be 8:30 PM EST & 9:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM EST, 9:30 PM EST, and 10:30 PM EST on Wednesday. Playoffs will be different. 9 games per week, 1 game vs. each team from POOL A & POOL B, for a total of 2 games vs. each team.

Skaters can only play a MAXIMUM of three games weekly First Two Rounds will be 2 weeks 9 games Round Robin Style. We will follow CHL Schedule Sunday thru Wednesday.

Tiebreaker goes head to head then Goals scored, then record vs. their POOL.

Round 1 will be Best of 3 game series all in 1 week.
Example: Round 3 Game 1-2 on Sunday 8:30 and 9:30 / Game 3 Monday 9:30

Round 2 will be best of 3 game series.
Example: Round 4 game 1-2 on Tuesday at 8:30 and 9:30 / Game 3 Wednesday 9:30

Finals will be best of 5. Sunday Game 1 and 2, 8:30 and 9:30 . Monday 3 and 4, 8:30 and 9:30. Game 5 Tuesday 9:30

Consolation round (Bronze Medal): Will be the losing teams of 2nd round. Playing a best of 3 Sunday Game 1-2 8:30 and 9:30, Game 3 Monday 9:30.

Goalies can only play a MAXIMUM of six games weekly. Goalies must play a minimum of 2 games out of the week.

IF a player misses their scheduled game they are to be given a strike. Once a player receives 2 strikes they are ineligible to play the remainder of the tourney.

Managers have a MAXIMUM of 24 hours to enter stats. If they do not comply and another team files a complaint, the winning team will receive a loss, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Rules and process for Tournament

Each team will field 1 line per the 3 games of the first and second rounds of the tournament. Each goalie must play 1 game during the round. EX: Game 1 has players A, B, C for forwards they are not eligible to play in either of the next two games as those games belong to players D, E, F and G, H, I.

If a player misses a game they are scheduled for they forfeit their chance to play in the next round if their team advances.

Winners:

Winner of tournament receives Gold Medal Trophies (Roster players only, and players with at least 3 games played for that team)
Runner up receives Silver Medal Trophy (Roster players only, and players with at least 3 games played for that team)
Consolation winner (3rd vs 4th team) receives Bronze Medal Trophy (Roster players only, and players with at least 3 games played for that team)